Roma Sotterranea; or, Some account of the Roman catacombs especially of the cemetery of San Callisto, compiled from the works of Commendatore de Rossi with the consent of the author (1869)
Northcote, J. Spencer (James Spencer), 1821-1907, Brownlow, W.-R. (William-R.), 1830-1901, Rossi, Giovanni Battista de, 1822-1894 · London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · leaf 356
the other. This has evidently beendone in order to avoid weakening the walls, which are slopingand of good pozzolana. In fact, as we pass from the Cata-comb into the arenarium proper, we find even these attemptsto convert the latter into a cemetery disappear, and there areevident traces of the… … SCALE OF FEET.20 >30 Fig. ^-z. Plan of part of Caiacoinb of St Prisciiia. 330 Roma Sotterrauea. the galleries thus blocked up, a flight of steps leads down toa lower level, where we find a Christian Catacomb of theordinary type. We have, therefore, here another instance ofthe Christians having…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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